West Brom(h)- FA Cup Match Thread

[sir roger]

I think it has come to ( gone past ) the time where Jurgen needs to pick a back 5 and stick to it bar injuries. We change 2/3 positions every game & myself playing in defence albeit at a pathetic level I know you can never get settled when chopping and changing constantly.

 

I would go 

 

Karius

Gomez 

Lovren

VvD

Robertson

[an tha]

We simply have to stop letting a goal in to almost every chance that the opposition has on target.

 

In our last 4 games the opposition have had a combined total of 10 shots on target and scored 8 times.

 

That 10 is actually a bloody good number over 4 games from our point of view, means teams are not threatening us much (keep in mind one of those teams was City as well)...but the 8 of the 10 going in is awful.

[Jennings]

We simply have to stop letting a goal in to almost every chance that the opposition has on target.

 

In our last 4 games the opposition have had a combined total of 10 shots on target and scored 8 times.

 

That 10 is actually a bloody good number over 4 games from our point of view, means teams are not threatening us much (keep in mind one of those teams was City as well)...but the 8 of the 10 going in is awful.

 

I agree. I can't understand how this is allowed to continue. 

[VladimirIlyich]

OR, and this might sound crazy.... buy a decent striker in the next couple of days.

Woah,with those radical ideas!

Imagine a Fowler or Rush latching on to Bobby's through passes when he dropped off. No,don't do that to ourselves.

[TheHowieLama]

I remember when Klopp first came we used to get to talk about how much running we were doing.

 

How come we dont do much running anymore?

 

 

We who? We do. Are you sure?

 

 

I knew it - need to run around more -- down to par here as well:

 

 

The Reds have also sprinted less and run less, despite sticking with their 'gegenpressing' style of play. They have run 2,732.3km this season, the fifth highest in the league, but that is down on the previous season.

[VladimirIlyich]

I knew it - need to run around more -- down to par here as well:

 

 

The Reds have also sprinted less and run less, despite sticking with their 'gegenpressing' style of play. They have run 2,732.3km this season, the fifth highest in the league, but that is down on the previous season.

A change in style or personnel?

[aws]

A change in style or personnel?

No Lallana or Henderson probably.

[VladimirIlyich]

No Lallana or Henderson probably.

Lallana makes a big difference to how we press higher up the pitch and Henderson is a key player simply for his passing and presence in the team. He gets slagged ridiculously but we do look more solid with him in the team. He made Can turn in a much better performance last night too.

[stringvest]

A change in style or personnel?

Both. We do not press the same way we did last season, and we are far less effective in this regard.